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Bus crash kills 25, mostly students, on Cape Verde’s Fogo Island

From Jerusalem Post · () English

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  • About 25 people died when a bus crashed on Cape Verde’s Fogo Island, with most victims identified as students and teenagers.
  • The bus reportedly left the road, fell about 30 meters down a rocky cliff and landed in a ravine that hindered rescue efforts.
  • Twenty people died at the scene and five died in hospital, while seven victims were buried overnight; the cause remains unknown.

A bus crash on Cape Verde’s Fogo Island killed about 25 people, most of them young people and teenagers from the areas of Curral Grande and Ponta Verde, according to local reports and officials.

The trip was not organized by the schools, said José Pedro Gonçalves, an Education Ministry delegate in São Filipe. The driver had regularly organized the trip each year for students he transported during the school year. He was among those killed.

The cause of the crash remains unknown. Initial reports said the bus veered off the road, plunged roughly 30 meters down a cliff in a rocky area and came to rest in a ravine that was difficult to reach, complicating rescue efforts.

Twenty victims died at the scene and five died in hospital overnight, according to local reports. Seven of those killed were buried overnight. The report described the incident as developing.

The trip was not organized by the schools.

· José Pedro GonçalvesThe Education Ministry delegate in São Filipe described the status of the trip after the crash.
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